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PROCEEDINGS OF THE

~TING OF THE EASTERN REGION OF THE 1620'USERS GROUP

Marriott Motor Hotel Arlington, Virginia May 6, 7 aM 8, 1964

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PROCEEDIlfGS OF THE MEB'l'DG OF THI EASTERN REGION OF THE 1620 USERS QROUP

MAY

6, 7

AIm

8, 1964,

TABLE OF OCtiTENTS

Section SECTICJf 1 - GENERAL. _" .,

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^1.

Progr_ Agenda. _•

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Synopsis ot Papers _• 45 • • • • • • •

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• • • • 1.

Ca.eat. ot the Program Chairman _• • •

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Some Hot •• on "SurYeY List ot Programaing

S7st •• ^Sn and Panel Discussions • •

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SECTION 2 - KEYNOTE ADDRESS. _{• • •} • • • • • • • 2.

Consolidation Through Systems Integration

by Dr. James R. OliTer • _{• • •} • • ^• • • •

•

^2.

SECTION

3 -

PROGRAMS

TEAMS

SESSIONS. _{• •} • • • •

3.

Statisti.. and Mathematiea • _{• • •} • •

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3.

Plotting • •

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3.

Electronic •• • • • • • ^•

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Education Institutions Structural and Cinl • • • _{• • •} • • • • • •

• •

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• •

• •

• • • ^{3. 3.}

Abstracts "General Pipe Stress" by'

E. J. Orth, Jr. and J. Levis. _• •

3.

Electric Utility •

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• • • • • • • • • • • • •

3.

Abstracts "A Program tor ETaluating Alternate Generating Plant ExpanSion Pattern." by'

R. W. DaTiee. _{• •} • •

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CheJllical Engineering • _• • • •

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• • • • • • •

3.

Rate Engineering • • • • ^•

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Operations Research. • • • • • ^ill

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3.

Abstract: "Opt1aum Replacement ot Capacit7-tdRited Equipaent"

by W. W. Pleines. _• • • • •

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•

3.

General Data Processing. _{• •} • • • ^• • ^•

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(Continued)

SECTIOI

4 -

LIST OF PAPKRS • • • • • • • • • •

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Computation ot Coettic~t ot Correlation. • • Croasing Point. - Rate Selection and

CCllpariaoD • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Electric Water Beatin, • • • • • • • • • • • • MeetiDg AssumptioD8 ot Homogeneit7 of

Vari . . ea lIonliaear Data Tranatora.

and Bartlett'. Teat • • • • • • • • • • • • • A General Panotion Subproll'_. • • • • • • • • FORTRAN Programs tor CalpUting Elliptic

Integrals and FunctiCD8 • • • • • • • • • • • The Us. ot Discrete ConvolutiOil in the

1n~si.

or

Diffractions • • • • • • • • • • A CCIIlpQter Approach to O . . a SpectrtDll

Ana~8i8

B7

the Simultaneous Equations

Method • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ZIP - .l Multiple Line Keyword in

Context Program. • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

An Eleotric Load Statistics Syatea for an Ilectric Utility • • • • • • • • • • • -. • • A Work Pertormance Monitoring &.retem

Designed tor an Electric utility Meter

ad _ Installation Department. • • • • • • • • A Multiple-Iteration Procedure tor

- Engineering Design • • • • • • • • • • • • • A Distribution reeder and Substation Load

roree.sting

s.r.tea • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Procesaillg 0,,]) Surn,. Data on a Small

Computer • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Plot Boutae tor BeE Load-and-Go FORTRAN • • • Automatic Scheduling and Registration ill

a Saall Colle ge • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • AnT SPS with Simulated THF, DS and

MF

Instructions. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • lei High Speed SPS A8se.bler • • • • • • • • • DOODLE - A Do-It-Your •• l t Frobl.. Sol ... r • • • PDQ lORTRAR tor Paper Tape 1620. • • • • • • •

SI~' PORTRAH tor Paper Tape 1620. • • • • • • •

!he Art ot Debugging • • • • • • • • • • • • • (SJMP) Seareh and M8Ilor.r PriIlt • • • • • • • • S7abol Table Punch Prograu tor IS( UTO

ad PDQ FCETRAN S7steae • • • • • • • • • • • Monitor Superrlaor tor 1620-1311 or

Sapermoni tor • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • U.. of Computers in Design of Eleotronic

lCCllCLJlREIlt. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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TABLE OF OOHTENTS (Continued)

. . t.work J.na17ei8 on the 1620 • • • • • • • • • Ablltract s "All Experimental Personalized

Arra-r Tranelator System" by

H. Hellerman. • • • • • • • • • • •

Abstraots "Debugging in ^{the POR}

n

System"

by R. D. Burgess. • • • • • • • • •

SECTICII

S -

APPENDICES • • • • • • • • • • • • • Registration List. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • List

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^Programs Teams Chairmen • • • • • • • • Report of Meeting of Progr_s Team8Chairlllen • • Surny of Type 1620 Progr8llDlling S7stema • • • •

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Program Agenda. • •

SECTION 1 GENERAL

Table of Content.

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^• • • • • • • 1.1.1 S1Dopsis of Papers. _{• • • • • • • • • • •} • • • • • • • 1.2.1 Connents of- the Program Chairman • • • • • •

So.. Rotes on ·Sur.ey List of Programming

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Tuesdalz Mal ,th 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.

8:00

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EASTERN REGION 1620 USERS GROUP MEETDlG MARRIOTT MOTEL, WASHINGTON, D.C. - MAY 6-8, 1964

PROGRAM AGENDA

(D. D. Williams, Program Chairman)

Registration

Sound-o.rr Session (Hardware, Programming Systems)

Wednesdazz

Mal

6th

, 8roa A.M. Registration

Note: WednesdaT was devoted exclusively to Programming Workshops and special papers. There were four

(4)

concurrent meetings, labeled A, B, C, and 0, during certain time periods, labeled 1 through

S.

This cross reference is utilized in the Synopsis ot Papers.

A B C D

9:00 - 10:30 Summary or

-

Introd. to

(1)

FORTRAN P /S Monitor

Summary or

SPS

pis

(Section I) 10:30 - 10:45 corree

10:4, - 12:15 DOODLE, A Introd. to

(2) FORTRAN Monitor

Language (Section II) High-Speed

SPS Assem- bler

12:1, - 1:4, Luncheon (InfonMal)

1:45 - 3:1.5 Experimental Advanced Comparison of FORTRAN II

(3) Translator Monitor SPS Systems Workshop

System (Section I) (Section I)

PDQ FORTRAN - Paper Tape

"Select - External"

FORTRAN

1.1.1

3 :15 - 3 :30 3:30 - 5:00

(4)

8:00 - 10:00 (5)

Thursday, May 7th 8:00 A.M.

9:00 - 10:30

10:30 - 10.4,

10

.4, -

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1211, - 1.4,

1:45 - 3 :15

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A B C

- ^-

Corree

Advanoed Monitor

(Seotion II)

Aids to De bug- ging SAMP

Monitor Super- vision for Open Shop Users Comparison ot

FORTRAN Systems

New Users Breakfast Meeting Registration

Note: Thursday morning and Friday

afternoon comprise the General Session. Program Teams meet in the interim.

The Plotting and Eleotronics

Programs Teams were fonned at this meeting.

General Session Announoements

New Equipment Announcements

Systems Design in Eleotronic Industr.y Cofr,e

Comparilon in Depth of Naw 1I'ORTRlN Srateml

Luncheon

K~ynote Address t Consolidation through Systems ]ntegration Program Team Workshops

Note

I See Seotion

4 -

Lilt

ot Papers -

tor papers presented or topics

treated..

'1'e.

Chairaen are

l:Llted next to workshop.

A. Eleotric utilitr

B. Eduoational Institutions C. Rate Engineering

D. Ohemical Engineering

E.

Plotting

6

D

FORTRAN II Workshop

(Section II)

Jim Oliver

Don Williams

Tom Wagner

Arnold Spi talny, Marty Goldberg

Don

Jardine, Jan Lea

Jim Oliver

Frank

Wella

N. Goldman

K. W. Brady

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3:1$ - 3:30 Coftee

3:30 - ,:00 Continuation of Fir.t Four Workshops

E.

Electronics Arnold Spit.t11ny

,:)0 - 6:30 Social Hour

7:30 Movie on Type 360 System IB1

8:00 Executive Board Meeting Jim Davidson

Fr1dazz Mal 8th

9:00 - 10:30 Program Team Workshops

A. Electrie Utility _{Frank \ve lIt-;}

B. 1710 Users J. J. Owen

C'. Structural and Civil Engineering Tom Scott

D. Education Institutions N. Goldman

10:30 - 10:h5 Coffee

10:u, - 12:1, A. Operations Researeh Jim Oliver

B. Continuation of 9:00 - 10:)0 C. Continuation of 9:00 - 10:30

C:\

12:15 - 1:4, Luncheon

1:4, - 3:1, A'. . Electric Utility _Frank Wells

B.

General Data Processing Robert Soucy - Acting for Arnold Canner C. Statistics and Mathematics Frank Dickinson 3:15 - 3:30 Coftee

3:30 General Session

Discussion ot Sound-ort Session Jim Ol:f_ver IBM Reports

Concluding Remarks

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SYNOPSIS OF PAPERS

The sessions presented are summarized as follows: Cross Reference Number, Title, Author (where applicable), Synopsis, and level of paper or workshop.

WednesdayzMal 6th

.1-1 Sunma of FORTRAN P Sand SPS P S - D. T. Nort Fairchild Camera and Instrument Company and E. Sinanian, o

rpo

ration

A survey was presented by lIM and User personnel of the major Il){ and user designed statement and symbolic langu- age programming systems together with the additions and modifications available from the librar,y.

Level: Intenn.ediate

B-1 Introduction to Mon! tor Programming - E. Sinanian and J. Grant I

lEM

Corporation

.1-2

A general discussion for new users of disk drives.

Section I di.scussed the Monitor in general and SPS

II-D

in particular.

Level: Elementar,y

DOODLE - A Do-It-Yourself Problem Solver - K. V. Farinaa General Electric Compagr

A FORTRAN programming system for 40K which interprets and executes.

Level: Intermediate

AFIT SPS with Simulated TNFl'NS and MF - D. Olson, Newark College or Engineerins

Level t' Intermediate

SPa High Steed Alsembler r,ar 20K - IC. Germann and G. Rumrill,

R

ewarkljoi age

ot

Insi neering

Level: Intermediate

B-2 Introduction to MoDi tor Programming - IEM COrporation

Continued from previous s'easlon. Emphasis on FORTRAN II-D in Section II.

Level t Advanoed

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Q. Boekhott Level. Intermediate

- P. G. Boekhott General American A programming system based on PDQ FORTRAN embodying a

new I/O approach. .

IAavell Intermediate

B-3 Advanoed Monitor Programming - J. Grant, IB-t Corporation A detailed discussion ot Monitor I tor the advanced user.

Level: Advanced

C-3 k Comparison ot SPS Systems - J. A. N. Lee and R. L. Pratt

An evaluation and comparison in depth of the first generation programming systems.

D-3

Level: Elementary to Advanced

FORTRAN II Workshop - R. D. Burgess, Mechanical Technology, Inc.

A

tutorial session reported to have been highlY successful at MTI.

Level:~ Intermediate

B-4

Advanced Monitor Programming - IEM Corporation Continued from previous session • Monitor II was

emphasized in Section II.

Level: Advanced

c-4

The Art of Debugging - E. J. Orth, Jr., Southern Services, Inc.

Level: Intermediate

Search and Memory Print (SAMP) - J. M. Wolte, Brooklyn College Level: Elementary

FORTRAN Symbol Table Punch for IBMi UTe and PDQ FORTRAN Systems -

R. C.

^Irons,

u.s.

Raval School orn.tion Medicine Level: Intermediate

Wednesday, May 6th - Cont. Page

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C-4 Monitor Superrlsor for the 1620-1311 - E. E. Newman, Massachusetts

~ont.) Institute

or

Technology

LeTel: Intermediate

D-4

^FORTRAN II Workshop - R. D. Burgess, Mechanical Technology, Inc.

A-S

Continued from preTious session. Section II stressed subroutine linkage and debugging.

Lee

An eTa1uation and comparison in depth ot the first generation programming systems, including IBM, AFIT, UTO and PDQ FORTRAN.

Thursday, Mal

7th

9:00 - 10:)0 Welcome introduction and reports.

Comments on theme of meeting (systems) - D. D. Williams Use of Computers In DeSign of Electronic Equipnent -

A. SpftilDi;

^{United lircraft} corporation

Network Anagsis on the 1620 - M. Goldberg, United Aircraft Corporation

Note: The preceding two papers support the ---- topic "Systems Design in Electronic

Industryll which is listed in the "Agenda".

10:45 - 12:15 An eTaluation and comparison in depth of the second generation FORTRAN progrll1DUing systems including FORTRAN II and K1ngstran FORTRAN by D. A. Jardine and J. !.N. Lee.

Papera clalled al

.1ement~

presuPPole no background on

the

part

at

the audienoe. Sellionl olassified as inter,mediate pre,uPPOle lome acquaintanoe with the subjeot matter.

Sessions classified as advanced are intended tar persoDs

with oonsiderable experience in the field) questions

ot

an elementar.ynature will be dis- couraged at these

sessiODs.

This agenda was supplemented between sessions by half-hour programmed demonstrations on a type 1620 Model 2 computer with

40

K pOSitions of

memory, two disk units, a plotter and a card read-punch unit. The following planned list ot demonstrations was altered slightly to accommodate available hardware features:

Set AI Design Automation

Orbital

TrajectolT Calculation Similation of Analog Computer

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Set B I Monitor I

FORTRAN II SPS III

Other Programs Available. COGO I

Circuit Analysi8 Electric

Load

Flow Capital Investment.

FORTRAN with

Format Plotter Subrout1ne,

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AnT U.er des1r1n1 a speoifio QemOD,tration tram the

abow ,eleotion at times other thaD thole indioated,

or

clelir:t.D1

to run

&'lJ.7

ot

hi,

own prosram, va, asleed

to submit his request to tbl IBM representative at

thl demonltration oenter.

Comments of the Program Chairman

The general response to your Program Committee's probe for interesting material for the M'ay, 1964, Conference was quite gratifying.

Models of previous Proceedings, the wealth of papers offered and the availability· and generous offers of speakers - expert in their fields of interest, all helped to make the program planning easier.

The directive, for the best use ot the contributors' material and talents, was taken from the Group's bylaws, and is repeated here:

"The primary object of the 1620 Users Group is to advance the effectiveness of the utilization of the IBM 1620 Data Processing

System • • • • • • • • "

In

order to effectively advance this basic objective, the Committee decided to build a program. blended with a theme which would focus attention to the currently large stockpile of Programmirlg Systems and Applications Programs. Thus, it was hoped to generate some con- structive thought toward reduction of redundant programming efforts and finally to atfect some integration of Application Programs into the larger context of Data Processing Systems.

Hence, the them$, "Consolidation through Systems Integration"

is being highlighted.

The agenda vaa arranged 80 as to Mold the Conference into a composite of two

parts,

each part ha.tng its own identity and flavored by the theme.

Part I (Wednesday mornir.Lg to noon of Thursday) is mainly identified with Programming SYltems. Wednesday' a tour sessions were each of n1netr m1Dute duration, being held concurrent17 and being

three-deep. One ot

these concurrent sessions

i8 a panel

discussion

ot

SPS Systems which support

the

the •• relative

to Part I.

Further support

ot

the theme, related to Part I, 1. i1 'Yen in two general session panel discussions cOTering the first and second ' gener'atioD of FORTRAN Syate.a.An enning session on Wednesday and one on Thur8~ Morning campri.e the •• two 88ssiQD8.

Part II ('l'hUJ'1CIq morning to Friday atternoon) is m.aiDl,.

identified with

AppUcationl

Prograa8. The Programs Teams' activitie., are confined to this period. These

meetings

scheduled concurrentl1 are four-d.eep on Thursdq afternoon and tl\ree-cteep during three •• ssions on Friday. The ChaiNeD

ot

the various te_ bad been requested to limit

the scope ot

their interest in programming to Applications Programs during

their

teams'

aessionl.

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The first aelsion at Thursd., morning - an overlap ot Part I and Part II - il mentioned here aa an example at a tie in with the theme

by

integrating aeveral A'pplicatioDs Programs into

a Program

STatem

(1.1.

'Spita1D7'1 paper, "System Dlsign in Electronic Industry").

The panel disculsion. previoull1 reterred tQ treat, in lame depth, the lurvey lilt ot FORTRAN

and

SPS SYlteml

whi~h are

introduced durinl

the

first leslion ot the Conference's opening. This lilt with 80me additions is reprinted in Section S of these Proceedingl.

Purther canment on the panels' aotirit7

will be

tound in the artiole following this one entitled "Some Notes on

Sune;y

List

ot

Programming Systems

and

Panel Discussions".

. The Procram Committee'a POlt-conferenoe activity ia confined to the oompiling ot all the material in readinell tor prlntinl.

In oonclusion, the Committe. otterl lincere thank. to

the m~

p.ople without Whol' alli.tanoe our million might not haTe been completed.

John A.

Rodgers Program

Secretary

1964 Spring Meeting 1620 Users

Group

Eutem

Region

Donald

D. Williaml

Program

Chairman

1.3.2

Some Notes on

"SUM'e), List

ot

Programming Systems·

and Panel Discussions

SurYel List of PrOgramming Systems

David T. Northrop devoted the entire opening session

ot

the Conference to a review of a Sur.ey List of Programming Systems - both IBM and User compiled - with a brief commentary relating to each listed item. This session as planned served to introduce the subject matter to be treated in depth during the panel discussions which were held later.

SPS Panel Discussion

R. L. Pratt,· aided by Kurt Germann, otficiated at an interesting panel discussion on SPS Systems. The

Program

Committee is indebted to R. L. Pratt tor his post-editing of the SurY8y List for reprinting in the Proceedings.

FORTRAN Panel Discussion Report on Panel

User Written Compilers in Depth

D. A.

Jardine

Brief mention was made ot IBM FORTRAN-Without-Format and Format FORTRAN

b7

J. A. N. Lee •

. R. L.Pratt described some ot the useful features· ot his AFIT FORTRAN, such as compile time diagnostics and batch compiling.

AFIT FORTRAN, while an improvement OTer lIM systems, is somewhat slower than other user-written compilers.

D. A. Jardine, in the absence of the authors, E. S. Lee and J. A. Field J talked about UTa FORTRAN and the contributions made by this system to improyed language and eaSier operation. UTO FORTRAN has few compile t~e or object time error messages.

W. A. Burrows, in the absence of author F. H. Mask1ell, described aca. of the teaturea of P.D.Q. FORTRAN. It 1s based on trl'O FORTRAN with seTeral major improve.ente. It 1s the fastest running program at object tillle tar

mr

1620 not using hardware

r.p.

^{The 0011-}

piler ia essentially the same as

mo,

but the object time subroutines

have been rewritten almost completelY.

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· R. L. Pratt then described' Auto-no at FORTRAN, deriT8d trom AFIT FORTRAN, which oompiles hardware tloat-point add and subtract in- structions in-line (not subroutined). It is probabl1 the tastest 20K FORTRAN (at object time) currently available. ^Only limited FORMAT capabilities are available.

C. H. Davidson talked about FORGO, the University

ot

Wisconsin's load-and-go compiler tor teaching use. Extensive diagnostios at both oompile and object time are available. 401 memoJ'l" is required.

Discussion trom the floor centered around details of operation, use and construction

or

the various compilers.

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Dr. James R. Oliver, Dean

Graduate School and Director, Computing Genter

University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, Louis iana

I am pleased, as President of the Eastern Region 1620 Users Group, to talk briefly with you concerning the theme of our meeting, "Consolidation Throuah Systems Integration". I trust that I will be able to leave you with a thought or two today that might prove of benefit to you. And

perhaps in so doing I will be able to help further the aims of our organiza- tion.

Few tems have as many definitions as the word "system". And I say this even when talking to a group of people interested in

con~uting,

a field in which ordinary English words have frequently been given many new and sometimes surprising meanings

I

Isn't this a little strange when we think of how precise our languages are for communicating with the

computer?

Al though "system" -has many meanings, including the people involved in computing at an installation, I think we can profitably devote these few minutes to hardware systems and software systems. Thus I will direct

my

remarks along these areas of interest and will try to make three major points which I believe to be of importance.

Many organizations have wide requirements as pertains to computer usage- -business applications, management applications , scientific

applications, to mention a few--including many requirements which may not yet be known.

Most of us would enjoy having our

own

private machines to work with,

but this is a luxury which few can afford. I can speak fran the point

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of view of the not-50-affluent Wliversity in saying that

~

certainly cannot do so!

Perhaps you have heard of colleges and universities which have

many computers--even many large ones, Unfortunately, these few cases are overly publicized; the vast majority of educational institutions, however,' are grasping and gasping for funds to even keep a computing center going.

As an

example, which can be repeated over and over, in my own case

I

teach two courses each semester, serve as Dean of the Graduate School, as

Director of all of our National Science Foundation activities on campus and serve as Director of the Computing Center assisted

by

one full-time unit record man and one half-time lady to help with computing activities.

Our main purpose for existence as educators in the computing field is to serve the manufacturers and the users. Relatively few of our students are being educated for our own use.

But that is the subject of another talk. Today we are here to

discuss a CODlJ1on problem--at least comon to most of us. We are faced with a problem of maximum production for minimum cost.

Ih

truth we very

practically are concerned with a problem in Operations Research - should we suggest a computer solution to ,this problem?

Perhaps if we were able to put ourselves in the shoes of management we would be better able to visualize the overall problem. But we have to live with the fact that mOlt of us have to put up with a management which:

(1) Cannot, or sometimes will not, comprehend computer concepts;

(2) Often is in some way afraid of computer "take over", and

(3) MUst be concerned with money justification to several levels-·

their superiors. shareholders, other members of organizatioo.

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Having acted and acting now on both sides of the proverbial fence,

(:.'! I have seen sane of the problems faced by both sides. And I assure you that the problems of the administrator are not trivial.

All too often we call upon the administrator to act in a capacity for which he is not equipped. Can we expect a non-computer oriented administrator to make decisions that we ourselves hesitate to make?

POINT 1: Are we making a sufficient effort in educating and in keeping.wi4ft. our administrative staff infonned?

Nearly all of us sooner or later must discuss computer activities with our colleges--if you haven't, don't despair, you willi Some of these colleagues are

non~canputer

oriented. Even worse, sane of them are other-computer (particularly' other-concepts) oriented.

Here is one point that is certainly a most important consideration.

(" If the organization has a total of x dollars to spend on complters, and one of our colleagues convinces management that y dollars should be

o

spent on a business use computer, it is sanewhat obvious that x - y dollars will remain for our installation. Remember, because of the non-scientific orientation of many in management, and because of the strong arguments of persons in bUSiness applications, there will frequently

be

sympathy for fragmentation.

Can't indeed two or more systems be consolidated into one? In many cases, yes. 'We know that the 1620 is a very versatile machine.

If

^we

inform our colleagues well of its capabilities, couldn't a Model II 1620, 40K, 2 disk drives and printer do most jobs as well as or better than two systems costing more collectively?

We begin to see this idea more with the t«xiel 360. What are we going to do about it? I can foresee all kinds of decisions to be made

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with the 360. It is quite possible that we will be forced to resort to the simulation of our computer installations to better detennine just how they should be organized. I know of such a study made at Oak Ridge.

In the meantime, decisions with the 1620 still must be made. Few 360's will be installed by most of us by two years from today. The 1620 is still a good machine and it

^{has much}

wear left in it. Those who buy or have bought 1620's have even a more serious problem. They will likely keep in touch-with-the 1620 for many years to come.

POINT 2: Have

^we

informed and communicated sufficiently well with our colleagues who are, or are likely to be, interested with computer activities?

Then we come to

sys~ems

as it applies to programming systems--mostly referred to

as

software.

Unti

1

'now

we

have considered -two distinct divisions: IBM and Users.

For some time now several people, including Jim Davidson, Charlie

Davidson,

Don

Jardine and others have been working to get better--no, to get a--liaison between

^~BM

and User-activities in this area of endeavors.

I would like to touch on two items:

(1)

Consultation with Users when

IBM

decides to produce any kind of progranning package.

(2)

ConSUlta- tion with

IBM

when Users decide to produce a significant programming

packaae.

Csn't IBM-use' our suggestions (1) because we know what we need and (2) to utilize the ''brains'' of those in the Users Group? Also, why all the duplicate effort? How many FORTRMs are needed? How

many

can we afford?

Shouldn't same of the effort, by Users in attempting to produce a FORTRAN which will work as it should be devoted to experimenting with other

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languages? Surely those Users who earlier today heard the presentation

4(;, of the characteristics of an outstanding FORTRAN compiler produced by a group of Users wonder

why

this has not already been available to us, instead of some of the processors we have been forced to usel

o

We must not overlook the need for cooperation both ways. We recognize that this brings up ideas not often

used--consultat~

IBM when a User produces a significant proarammina packaae. At least three reason. exist for this: (1) Perhaps IBM knowledge can help the

programminl effort, (2) We might avoid duplication of effort by Users or by IBM, (3) IBM could advise Users of impending changes to prevent an effort being completely negated by new hardware or software being developed. We owe our colleagues the production of worthwhile packages if the Users' contributions to the Program Library is to mean anything.

POINT 3: Are we presently communicating among

ours~lvest

or with IBM, sufficiently well to achieve consolidation through the integration of programming systems?

Or

will we fragment ourselves by writing an infinite number of compilers to the exclusion of better things to do?

Same of us are teaching--some are involved in computer applications.

A much smaller number is engaged in preparing software. Again

I

will state that we are all concerned with getting the best production possible fran us and our machines.

Aren't we charged with the obligation of doing best job possible?

Shouldn It

we

all-be concerned with the theme of our meeting--consolidation through systems integration?

But

I

should

no~begin

winding

up

this talk.

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A few years from now a uuch better talk than I can give will be produced by

a

properly programmed computer. The announcement will read,

"CUr program for this week will be, 'Consolidation Through Systems Integration' by MJltivac 70809010 ••• ".

The canputer's speech will be really interesting. It will have Wlity.

coherence, and emphasis. It will meet all of the requirements of public speaking as listeners like it. The humor and jokes contained in the speech will have a mathematical probability of at least 99\ of not falling flat.

Such a speech will not have any te~s in it that are strange to most of the audience, so the audience will not get lost. The talk will conform to all of Parkinson's Laws and MJrphy's Laws. At the

same

time it will take into account what the audience already knows. And it will not be guilty of unne~ssary repetition of stupid cliches.

In fact, instead of a single speech to a whole audience, the canputer will provide multiple simultaneous speeches for various segments of the audience. In froot of each member of the audience will be several small dial switches. (}le will be marked "Speed Control" with positions labeled ''You're going too fast" and ''You're going too slow". Another switch will be

marked, "lbderstandina Control,", sayins "Yes, yes,

I

know all that.

pleu. come to the point" and "You're way over my head, please start over and explain". A third Iwitch will

be

marked "Boredan Control" with

positions marked "You are beina mildly interesting--keep it up" and ''You are borin. me to extinction·-please become lively".

I

look forward to the time when a computer will be makina speeches

at

meetings.

I

think of all the poor speeches produced by human beings

that I have listened to and realiie that in the future. if I live long

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enough, I will listen to 1Dliformly

good,

speeches produced by computers.

But 1Dltil that time you will be forced to listen to speakers like me.

I am able to recognize, however, that thOle of you who are still awake are reaching for the switch .rked ''You've talked too ICl'lg--please shut

up"l

So I'm going to pretend

that

you shut

the

power off.

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SECTION 3

PROGRAM TEAM SESSIONS

Table

ot.Contents

Statistics

and

Mathematics Programs

Te.

Attendance List. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3.1.1 Report

ot

Activities • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3.1.2

Papers

Presented • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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ProE" Te8M

Attendance List. • • • • • • • •

Report ot Activities • • • • • • Electronics

PrOgrams Team

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RePort

ot Activities • • •

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Educ.ation Institutions Programs Team

Report ot ActiTities • • • • • • • • • • • • ••• 3.4.1 Papers

Presented • ~ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

3.4.1 Structural' and Civil

'Insine.rins

Proltas

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Attendance

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Rep,ort ot

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Table of Contents (Continued)

Rate Engineering Programs Team

Attendance List • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3.8.1 Report of Activities • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3.8.2 Papers Presented • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

3.8.3

Operations Research Programs Team

Attendance List • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3.9.1 Re-port of Acti vi tie s • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3. 9 • 2 Papers Presented~ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3.9.3 General Data Processing Programs Team

Attendance List • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3.10.1 Report or Activities • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3.10.2 Papers Presented • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3.10.2 1710 Users Sub-Group

Attendanee List. • • Report of Activities ^•

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Attendants at Sessions of

Statistics and Mathematics Programs Team

Number Attending - $9

"Interest - Statistics Onl~

George H. Woodruff LUke Sparvero Norman Goldman Myrna Wein,er

John Pate Pointer Welborn H. Smith

Bill Thompson

"Interest - Mathematics Only"

Wayne Meriwether Gregson Payne Clayton E. Jensen Dario Bollacas8 Samuel F. Martin Charles Weiss John Kent

Reginald T. Harling Richard E. Grove

M. S. Wingersky

Brother

B. E.

O'Neill

"Interest - Statistics and Mathematics"

Sidney Kellman Richard Guion Martin Goldberg

Joyce Currie Little Ralph E. Lee

Judith S. Liebman Donald L. nagg John E. Alman

A'. H. Best

B. G. Wingersky S. J. Jurnack Paul E. Brittain Thomas C. Teeples

F.Wang

William B. Hise

Patricia Lussow L. L. Cook Greta Larson Pat Moorhead David C. Pixley

K. A. Bridgeman James J. McLaughlin Theodore R. Sabine Lawrence Wright Jane Bonnette

Charles Yackulics Simeon P. Taylor Richard E. Scott

L. Ong

J. W. Sawyer Lee Hendrickson James R. Oliver William Heltzel

C. H. Remilen

Raney Paquin

F. R.

Henderson Mae E. Meads

Eleanor Stone Diana Lloyd

Vincent Gangi Frank N. Dickinson - Team Chairman

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Report of Activities of

Statistics and Mathematics Programs Team

Approximately 75 people attended the session. A sign-up sheet was passed around. Fifty-nine people signed this sheet with 21 indicating their interest was mathematics,

2h

indicating statistics and mathematies and

14

indicating statistics.

OnlY

three people listed

physi~3 along with mathematics. A show of hands indicated that almost everyone in attendance at thi~ session preferred to have statistics and mathematics sessions not held concurrently, since most people would attend both sessions if they are held separately. I assume that the number of papers submitted would be the determin.ing factor in whether the sessions would be combir.ed or held separately' at the next meeting.

Frank N. Dickinson, Chairman

Statistics and Mathematics Programs Team

Papers Presented At This Session WhicH Are Reprinted in Section

4

~neral Function Subprogram - M. E. Munroe, University of New Hampshire Meeting !ssumptions of Homogeneity of Variance - R. C. Irons, U.S. Naval

School

or

Aviation Medicine

FORTRAN Pro - H. E. Fet tis

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The Use of Discrete Convolution in the Anal o 8on, Gener

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3.1.2

Attendants at Sessions of Plotting Programs Team

Number Attending - 26

Charles Carlson Thomas Morrisson

Robert Chaput Edward Newman

Russell Davis Nancy Paquin

Henry Fell Charles Remilen

Vincent Gangi I. Rosenbarker

Kurt Germann Henry Scaletti

Martin Goldberg Leonard Schiffmann

Harold Gottheim Thomas Scott

William Heltzel Arnold Spitalny

Lanny Hoffman Wanda Stacke

Robert Kenngott John Tiers

James McLaughlin Charles Yackulics

Robert Meckley C. Bailey - Team Chairman

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Report of Activities of Plotting Programs Team

The first meeting of those users active in plotting convened at

1:45

p.m. on Thursday, May

7.

Mr. C. Bailey of IBM in Endicott, N.Y., presided over the meeting.

The first item discussed was the housekeeping problems involved in the isometric drawing and dimensioning of piping configurations. The problem of avoiding overlap or cross over of drawn lines is of major concern in producing such drawings.

Mr. Newman mentioned that M.I.T. has created some problem oriented plotting languages and is in the process of tying them in with COGO. Both M.I.T. and Sun Oil Company have developed very similar basic SPS routines for plotting straight lines, circles, circular arcs, and

alphameric charaoters, all with scaling and line width factors. M.I.T.

is at present working on a program to draw electrical schematics while Sun Oil Company is preparing a program to draw isometric piping drawings along with a piping bill of material.

The New York State Department of Public Works has used the plotter to sketch highway cross sections.

The remainder of the session dealt with problems arising from the hardware itself.

It was mentioned that several of the plotting units take from fifteen minutes to one half hour to warm up in the morning. During this interval the oalibration device requires special attention. There seems to be a notioeable ohange in paper size in the direction of the oarriage.

The general opinion was that proper humidity control would alleviate this problem.

An

end of roll senSing device was mentioned as a solution to the annoyance of running out of paper, and plotting a large portion of the drawing on the roller itself.

Ball point pens seem to ^be preferred on ordinary jobs, while ink pens have the edge for special jobs. Liquid lead pens have been found to provide a ver.y dark, eraseable line.

meeting.

Mr. Newman was appointed alternate chairman for the Fall The meeting adjourned at

3:15

p.m.

Thomas

J.

Scott, Acting Secretary Plotting Progrsnls Team

3.2.2

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Number Attending - 8

Attendants at ·Sessions ^of Electronics Programs Team

Lawrence Wri.ght Keene .1;... Bridgeman Steve Jurna.ck Kurt H. Germann Hubbard A. Seward

Herbert M. Wall

Arnold Spitalny - Team Chairman Martin J. Goldberg

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Report of Activities of Electronics Programs Team

A meeting of the Electronics Team was held on May

7, 1964.

Arnold Spi talny was elected permanent chairman with Martin Goldberg as alternate chaiman and secretary.

Herb Wall was assigned as delegate to the Share Group Meeting to

be held in June in Atlantic City. He will establish contacts with the corresponding eleotronio team from Share.

Areas of interest disoussed at the meeting were:

1. Circuit analysis programs

2. Filter design and synthesis programs

3.

Applioation of statistics to oircuit analysis

4.

Programs for automatic layout of printed circuit boards and micro-electronic circ,\i ts

,. Programs for generation of oircuit schematics

It was suggested that other members of the Users Group be questioned as to possible interest in the Electronics Team. This could be done in the published prooeedings. Interested parties should be asked to express their areas of interest and send these to:

Martin J. Goldberg

Computer Applioations Engineer

Norden Division, United Airoraft Corporation Helen Street

Norwalk, Conneoticut

Arnold Spitalny,Chairman Electronics Programs Team

3.3.2

Report of Activities of Eduoation InstltutionsPrograms Team

In addition to the papers listed at the bottom of the page, the following paper was presented:

Scheduling Students b.Y Computer by

Dr. Charles W. Williams, Washington and

Lee Uni'versi ty. This paper was published in Computer Applications Service.

These papers were presented in the second half of the session:

1620 Programs to Implement the Quine Method

ot

Boolean Simplification by Prof. Thomas R.

Hoffman, Union College, Schenectady, New York. This paper was presented at the Western Region Meeting in Phoenix.

A New Course in Computer Programming b.Y Prof.

C. H.

Davidson, University of Wisconsin. This paper was presented at

the joint Mid-Western, Canadian Region Meeting in Chicago.

An extra session was called for the following day. A discussion led b.1 Dr. J.

R.

Oliver occupied the entire session.

Norman Goldman, Chaiman Education Institutions Programs Team

Papers Presented At This Session Which Are Reprinted in Section

4

Automatic Scheduling and Registration in a Small College - A. F. Jackson, Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina . Plot Routine for NeE Load-and-Go FORTRAN -

H.

Seward, Newark College of

Engineering

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Attendants at Sessions of

Structural and 01 vil Engineering Programs Team

Number Attending - 36

W. Brzozowski

V.

Lippo

W. Burleigh

E.

Newman

W. Burrows N. Ogilvie

O. Carlson H. Peterson

R. Cha.put

c.

Remilen

R. Dabe R. Riley

R. Davis J. Rodgers

E. Dougherty J. Russell

D. Flagg F. Salek

H.

Gelsi J. Sa"stag

H. Gottheim

L.

Schiffman

W. Heltzel T. Scott - Team Chairman

L.

Hendriokson W. Smith

H. Hurt A. Spitalny

C. Jensen R. Steinhart

R. Kenngott W. Thompson

J. Kent F. Wells

T. Latterner G. Woodruff

3.S.1

Report ot Activities of

Structural and ,Ci'VilEp-gineering

Programs

Team

Two papers were presented at the Structural and 'Civil Engi- .

neer1ni

Team Meeting that convened at 9100

a.m.

on Friday, May

8, 1964.

Mr. A. D. Stasi

from Edwards and Kelcey Company presented his paper

on

the use of the small computer as a processor of O-D survey data, and Mr. E.

J.

Orth from Southern Services Company spoke about a newly deve- loped pipe stress analYsis progr&~. An abstract of Mr. Orth's paper is attached to the minutes.

Thirty-six persons attended this meeting. Out of these thirty.

six persons, sixteen were Civil Engineers by profession and twenty-six indicated that they would be i.nterested in perpetuating future sessions.

Four papers were tentatively promised for the Fall meeting in Buffalo, New York.

The meeting adjourned at noon.

T. J. Scott, Chairman Structural and Civil Engineering Programs Team

Papers Presented At This Session Which Are Reprinted in Section

4

Processing O-D Survey Data on a Small Computer - A. D. Stasi and M. B. Lipetz,

Edwards and

Kelcey, Inc.

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1620 USERS GROOP LIBRARY PRamAH ABS'lRACT

1. TrrIE: General Pipe Stress

2. AUTHCRS: E. J. Ort,h, Jr., Southem Serrlces, Inc.

John Lewis, IBM, Birmingham, Alabama

DATE: 5 March 1964 USERS

moup

CalE: 1125 SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION: 9.5 3. ^{DIRECT INQUmms TO: E.} J. Orth, Jr.

Southern Services, Inc.

600 North 18th street Birmingham, Alabama.

323-5341 Ext. 2339

Watch KWIC Index for availability.

4. DESCRIPTION: A four part, piping stress program is presented - 1 •. INPUT EDIT,

2. FIEXIBILITY MATRIX CALCULATION,

3.

SOLUTION FOR BRANCH POINT DEFLECTIONS, and 4. C()}'lPtrrATION OF STRESSES.

The INPUT EOrr program performs a rigorous error check on the data file. A monitor is output giving coordinates of each point. Data fne consists or system topological data and, ,for each branch, coordinates of first point reference global origin, expansion and movement data, coordinate differences between tangent intersections, and bend radii. Data is keyed by 3 letter alphabetic codes.

The FIEXIBILITY MA~IX CALCULATION applies the algorithm described in the supplement to Kellogg's book, "The Design of Piping Systems", Second Edition.

The SOLUTION program allows for loops. Rigid stops, spring stops, and extemal forces may be oriented parallel to coordinate axes. The algorithm

ot Chen (ASME Paper No. 59-APM-24) is used, with a novel approach to solu- tion of the matrix to take advantage ot sparsity. Result is denections at branch points and reactions each branch, all reference global origin. These are left in cOJlDllOn storage, and Program 4 called thru a link subroutine at comPletion of solution.

The STRESS and DEFLECTION program computes for each point of each branch-

1. Deflections reference the point,

2. Restraining reactions reference the point ,and . 3. Combined stresses.

Sum of restraining reactions about each branch point is also given.

7. SPECIFICATIONS: A 60K card 1620 in FORTRAN II configuration is required.

Conversion to 40K disc is possible, with major reprogramming. Peripheral equipment - reproducer, sorter,

4C17

E-8, keyplnch.

S. PRO CRAMMING TIPE: FCRTRAN II mainline, with subroutine and ttulction sub- programs.

3.,.3

Attendants at Seslions ot

Electric Utility Program. Team

N~ Attending - 38

J.

H. Russell John H. '",ans Chris Martin

Arno F. Qlimn A., L. Liplon

Q. W. Willon John

r.

^IAauer

A. Doyle Baker Roy W. Thomas

Jene Y. Louis

Frank J. Wells - Team Chaiman StanleY' A. Clark

Herbert

ilaioher Tom Hoke

Robert W. Davies

John E.

Cromwell

V.1kko A. Lippo Paul D. Folse

Len ICa,rr

Dick Briesemeister Bob Steinhart

George S. Haralampu P. J. Sullivan J. Coburn Hubbard

E.

H. Gerri.h

R. B.

RileT W.

J.

crook

C.

B.

^Scharp

D. D. Williams E. H. Parker

J. L. Davidson M. Q. Deaenn&ro

E. E. Thomplon

B. E. Green

J. A.

Rodger.

Robert R. Wh1t,.

Ed Cox Ed Orth

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